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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · July 6, 1812 · Chapter CXXVII

Chapter CXXVII. *to compensate for his services the President pro tempore of the Senate, acting as such when the office of Vice President of the United States shall be vacant.* July 6, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * President

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Chap. CXXVII.— An Act *to compensate for his services the President pro tempore of the Senate, acting as such when the office of Vice President of the United States shall be vacant.* July 6, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * President pro tempore of the Senate to have the same compensation as the speaker of the House of Representatives during the period of his services. That the president pro tempore of the Senate who has acted, or may hereafter act as such when the office of Vice President shall be vacant, shall receive, during the period of his services, the same compensation as is allowed by law to the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved, July 6, 1812.
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